Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Starting a Garden at the Hayward Recreation Center
On Wednesday, April 13, 2010 we began a nine-week program to create a garden at Hayward Recreation Center through a partnership with the Buchanan YMCA, across the street from Plaza East housing on Laguna St near Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco. Youth designed the layout of the garden, what was to be planted, and then started digging. The following week they planted starts and added rich compost and water. It is exciting to see the changes each week, and we'll keep you up to date.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Handful Players Reherse in Koshland Garden
On Thursday, April 8, 2010, the Handful Players came to Koshland Garden to rehearse their upcoming play by Eugenie Chan entitled Rainbow in Your Corner. The play highlights how the children of San Francisco's Western Addition community meet the legendary John Muir and discover and learn to preserve the natural beauty of the neighborhood; the play is filled with classic jazz, soul, and gospel music and original lyrics. They will be performing this play on May 15th at Yoshi's in San Francisco at 1:00 PM. Tickets are $5 at the door. Kids 18 and under free. They may perform for us in Koshland Garden too, so stay tuned!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Down-Home Workday in Koshland Park
We had a very friendly neighborhood workday this past Saturday. Many residents and families from Hayes Valley Apartments joined us to move a mountain of wood chip and transport native plants from the John Muir School front garden.
Some of the morning crew, including Freddie from the Recreation and Park Department and Megan Schufreider, Manager of Student Services at the California Academy of Sciences (tall blonde on the right).
Tulsi Pi and daughter Isabel Frazier and son.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Holiday Wreath & Card Making-12.12.09
CommunityGrows organized a Wreath and Card Making Event, with local partners, including Community Partners United, Hayes Valley Association and Trash Mash Up on a rainy Saturday in December. We had over 45 participants including many residents from Hayes Valley Apartments and a great team of volunteers from BuildOn organization! Thank you for a great day! More photos will be up on Flicker in the new year!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thanksgiving Event at John Muir Elementary School-November 21, 2009
CommmunityGrows joined many partners, including MoMagic and Community Partners United to celebrate Thanksgiving with the neighborhood at John Muir Elemetary School. Here are some photos from the event.
Ms. Welch, Nora Brereton and Ms. Brown:
Three Angels Dancing:
Our New Northern Station Captain, Ann Mannix and daughters Lauren and Kate:
Camilla Dawkins and Liz Jackson Simpson:
Takaija Gardener and Maysha Jackson from the YMCA Beacon Center:
Ms. Welch, Nora Brereton and Ms. Brown:
Three Angels Dancing:
Our New Northern Station Captain, Ann Mannix and daughters Lauren and Kate:
Camilla Dawkins and Liz Jackson Simpson:
Takaija Gardener and Maysha Jackson from the YMCA Beacon Center:
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A CommunityGrows in San Franciscio
Check out Maureen Futtner's article in the San Francisco Examiner on
November 19, 2009:
A COMMUNITY GROWS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Saturday, November 14, 2009
New Intern Meredith Bunyard and November Workday a Great Success!
CommunityGrows is very honored to have Meredith Bunyard, a wonderful intern from San Francisco State University helping us in the garden this semester. She is an Environmental Studies major, with a concentration in Social Justice and Sustainability. We love all the great energy and knowledge she has brought to the garden and our programs. Thank you Meredith!
NOVEMBER 14, 2009 KOSHLAND PARK AND GARDEN WORKDAY!:
Here are some photos from our November 14, 2009 Koshland Park and Garden Workday. We had 65 volunteers from many high schools, and colleges, including folks from Union Bank. Whole Foods provided boxes of delicious fruit. Noah's bagels and Starbuck's were also featured to run off the great refreshments. Thank you everyone!!
CREW FROM SONOMA STATE ALTERNATIVE BREAKS PROGRAM:
BALBOA HIGH SCHOOL CREW:
PLANTING THE HILLSIDE BY THE ENTRANCE:
GREAT FOOD:
HOLY NAMES SCHOOL 8TH GRADERS CREW:
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL VISIT BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALLENE ZANGER AND HUSBAND ROB AND ANGIE CHEN AND FRIEND BEN:
WORKING IN THE GARDEN:
UC BERKELEY ALPHA PHI OMEGA FRATERNITY CREW:
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREA #3, RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT CREW OF GREAT GARDENERS:
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